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fringillidae

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fringill-i-dae
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

A natural family of birds of the finch group having short conical bills adapted for eating seeds, including finches, goldfinches, bullfinches, chaffinches, siskins, canaries, cardinals, grosbeaks, crossbills, linnets, and buntings. This family at one time included the sparrows of the family Emberizinae , but has more recently been restricted in usage.

Questions

What does fringillidae mean?
A natural family of birds of the finch group having short conical bills adapted for eating seeds, including finches, goldfinches, bullfinches, chaffinches, siskins, canaries, cardinals, grosbeaks, crossbills, linnets, and buntings. This family at one time included the sparrows of the family Emberizinae , but has more recently been restricted in usage.

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